Rose Lauder, charter member and Docent of Amityville Historical Society

By Carolyn James

When Bill Lauder was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II, he left his hometown of Ami­tyville to serve his country and carried with him a picture of Rose Abby, a young woman from Copi­ague he had recently met. Lauder served overseas for three years and throughout that time the couple cor­responded.

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